diff --git a/windows-snapshot-tool/src/main.cpp b/windows-snapshot-tool/src/main.cpp
index 0c052cc..8c02b03 100644
--- a/windows-snapshot-tool/src/main.cpp
+++ b/windows-snapshot-tool/src/main.cpp
@@ -66,8 +66,6 @@ int WINAPI WinMain (HINSTANCE hThisInstance,
            );
     /*Initialize the NOTIFYICONDATA structure only once*/
     InitNotifyIconData();
-    /* Make the window visible on the screen */
-    ShowWindow (Hwnd, nCmdShow);
 
     /* register hotkey. 0x59 is 'y' so win+y or print                                   *
      * see: https://docs.microsoft.com/de-de/windows/desktop/inputdev/virtual-key-codes */
@@ -76,6 +74,9 @@ int WINAPI WinMain (HINSTANCE hThisInstance,
         FatalAppExit(0, TEXT("Couldn't register hotkey!"));
     }
 
+    /* Make the window visible on the screen */
+    ShowWindow (Hwnd, nCmdShow);
+
     /* Run the message loop. It will run until GetMessage() returns 0 */
     while (GetMessage (&messages, NULL, 0, 0))
     {